intake question

pgers · 04-11-2008, 04:26 PM

obvisiously everyone had cold air kits on the site, its just how it is....anyone with a scoop hood on their tacoma check out the kit that Volant makes? seems pretty nice with the scoop actually being able to draw some air into the box. Or is the TRD one just the way to go.

taco4life · 04-11-2008, 05:13 PM

your scoop is not real, it has a peice of plastic in front blocking air. if you wanted you could take it out, but that would let in a large amount of dust and water into your engine compartment. either way you decide on the intake mod. you probably shouldn't take the plastic peice off your scoop.

pgers · 04-11-2008, 05:45 PM

yeah but if you check out the volant kit, they make that piece that requires removal of that piece. i can see how it would cause issues, but why the hell sell it then? in theory it looks great, but prob a waste in the long run......

taco4life · 04-11-2008, 07:48 PM

oh dang, that actually looks kinda cool. that may work well. your call. i may get that for my truck if i had the scoop

pgers · 04-12-2008, 10:38 AM

pretty nice huh?? i do worry about what you say though with the elements getting inside, and how am i supposed to wash the hood around that?? leaves some questions.....but a good way to use what you already have ya know......

TACODOC · 04-12-2008, 10:51 AM

How about a link?

Ebruddah · 04-12-2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgers

pretty nice huh?? i do worry about what you say though with the elements getting inside, and how am i supposed to wash the hood around that?? leaves some questions.....but a good way to use what you already have ya know......

Stuff it with a plastic bag and a towel...

taco4life · 04-12-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ebruddah

Stuff it with a plastic bag and a towel...

there you go..get the volant man and just becareful when cleaning

pgers · 04-12-2008, 02:47 PM

http://www.volant.com/pdetail.asp?ID=460

that is for the piece linking up to the hood piece......

http://www.volant.com/idetail.asp?ID=395

that is for the box itself....you can see on the front of the box where the pipe links up......confused though on to how it would stretch when the hood is opened??

taco4life · 04-12-2008, 03:04 PM

it shoulnt stretch, it should just stay in one place

TACODOC · 04-12-2008, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taco4life

it shoulnt stretch, it should just stay in one place

Yes, kind of like the way intakes worked on some old muscle cars.

Tred · 04-12-2008, 03:30 PM

That doesn't look like it goes to the hood scoop. It looks like it goes to just above the radiator.

fifthcircle · 04-12-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Tred

That doesn't look like it goes to the hood scoop. It looks like it goes to just above the radiator.

That's what I was thinking. I'll bet it would be easy to modify and run up to the scoop though....

TACODOC · 04-12-2008, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tred

That doesn't look like it goes to the hood scoop. It looks like it goes to just above the radiator.

The more I look at it... you are dead on.

The scoop, if modded for functionality, would drop air down onto the plastic intake cover which is much further back than the radiator.

Tred · 04-12-2008, 08:03 PM

Yup. Compare the following images from Volant and URD USA:

Something to consider.... Cold air intakes are great, but you have to realize that almost none of us drive on sweept/clean race tracks that have no dirt, cinders, snow, mud, trash on the roads. Living in Northern Arizona (even if someone made a kit like that for my truck), after a day of driving by the mountain lakes, from all the bugs it'd collect, I'd have a fracking granola bar looking thing in my intake.

chris4x4 · 04-12-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TACODOC

The more I look at it... you are dead on.

The scoop, if modded for functionality, would drop air down onto the plastic intake cover which is much further back than the radiator.

Actually, where the hood scoop is , there is a "low pressure" area in the middle and to the rear on the hood. If the scoop was modded to let air in, it would actually let air out when moveing. For it to allow air in, it would have to be a few inches higher, or faceing backwards.

pgers · 04-13-2008, 11:14 AM

well at least it looks good either way....too bad they dont make a functional scoop.......

04-11-2008, 04:26 PM	#1
pgers Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 24	intake question obvisiously everyone had cold air kits on the site, its just how it is....anyone with a scoop hood on their tacoma check out the kit that Volant makes? seems pretty nice with the scoop actually being able to draw some air into the box. Or is the TRD one just the way to go. __________________ Patrick - Northern NJ 08 Tacoma 4X4 Silver D-Cab TRD Sport TRD Cold Air Intake Kenwood DVD Unit w/ Nav Polk MOMO speakers HID headlight/fog light kit

04-11-2008, 05:13 PM	#2
taco4life Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO/ SoCal Posts: 725	your scoop is not real, it has a peice of plastic in front blocking air. if you wanted you could take it out, but that would let in a large amount of dust and water into your engine compartment. either way you decide on the intake mod. you probably shouldn't take the plastic peice off your scoop. __________________ 05 taco 4x4 extracab 6speed, Fox 2.5 Remote Reservoirs, camburg UCA's, AAL, fox remote res. rear, flowmaster 40ser. , pioneer Avic120, 33" bfg A/T's, allpro bumper, trail gear sliders, warn M8000, lightforce HID's, Doug Thorley Long Tube Headers, procomp7089, 4 Alpine R-Series Speakers, alpine amp, JL sub, HID's, all pro fenders, URD STAGE III SUPERCHARGER soon

04-11-2008, 05:45 PM	#3
pgers Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 24	yeah but if you check out the volant kit, they make that piece that requires removal of that piece. i can see how it would cause issues, but why the hell sell it then? in theory it looks great, but prob a waste in the long run...... __________________ Patrick - Northern NJ 08 Tacoma 4X4 Silver D-Cab TRD Sport TRD Cold Air Intake Kenwood DVD Unit w/ Nav Polk MOMO speakers HID headlight/fog light kit

04-11-2008, 07:48 PM	#4
taco4life Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO/ SoCal Posts: 725	oh dang, that actually looks kinda cool. that may work well. your call. i may get that for my truck if i had the scoop __________________ 05 taco 4x4 extracab 6speed, Fox 2.5 Remote Reservoirs, camburg UCA's, AAL, fox remote res. rear, flowmaster 40ser. , pioneer Avic120, 33" bfg A/T's, allpro bumper, trail gear sliders, warn M8000, lightforce HID's, Doug Thorley Long Tube Headers, procomp7089, 4 Alpine R-Series Speakers, alpine amp, JL sub, HID's, all pro fenders, URD STAGE III SUPERCHARGER soon

04-12-2008, 10:38 AM	#5
pgers Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 24	pretty nice huh?? i do worry about what you say though with the elements getting inside, and how am i supposed to wash the hood around that?? leaves some questions.....but a good way to use what you already have ya know...... __________________ Patrick - Northern NJ 08 Tacoma 4X4 Silver D-Cab TRD Sport TRD Cold Air Intake Kenwood DVD Unit w/ Nav Polk MOMO speakers HID headlight/fog light kit

04-12-2008, 10:51 AM	#6
TACODOC Rendezvous Conspiracy Join Date: May 2005 Location: Temecula Valley Posts: 1,338	How about a link? __________________ Travel, Explore, Live: AMERICAN ADVENTURIST

04-12-2008, 02:47 PM	#9
pgers Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 24	http://www.volant.com/pdetail.asp?ID=460 that is for the piece linking up to the hood piece...... http://www.volant.com/idetail.asp?ID=395 that is for the box itself....you can see on the front of the box where the pipe links up......confused though on to how it would stretch when the hood is opened?? __________________ Patrick - Northern NJ 08 Tacoma 4X4 Silver D-Cab TRD Sport TRD Cold Air Intake Kenwood DVD Unit w/ Nav Polk MOMO speakers HID headlight/fog light kit

04-12-2008, 03:04 PM	#10
taco4life Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO/ SoCal Posts: 725	it shoulnt stretch, it should just stay in one place __________________ 05 taco 4x4 extracab 6speed, Fox 2.5 Remote Reservoirs, camburg UCA's, AAL, fox remote res. rear, flowmaster 40ser. , pioneer Avic120, 33" bfg A/T's, allpro bumper, trail gear sliders, warn M8000, lightforce HID's, Doug Thorley Long Tube Headers, procomp7089, 4 Alpine R-Series Speakers, alpine amp, JL sub, HID's, all pro fenders, URD STAGE III SUPERCHARGER soon

04-12-2008, 03:30 PM	#12
Tred Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North end of Arizona Posts: 1,225	That doesn't look like it goes to the hood scoop. It looks like it goes to just above the radiator. __________________ 2002 Tacoma 3RZ 1BAR

04-12-2008, 08:03 PM	#15
Tred Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North end of Arizona Posts: 1,225	Yup. Compare the following images from Volant and URD USA: Something to consider.... Cold air intakes are great, but you have to realize that almost none of us drive on sweept/clean race tracks that have no dirt, cinders, snow, mud, trash on the roads. Living in Northern Arizona (even if someone made a kit like that for my truck), after a day of driving by the mountain lakes, from all the bugs it'd collect, I'd have a fracking granola bar looking thing in my intake. __________________ 2002 Tacoma 3RZ 1BAR

04-13-2008, 11:14 AM	#17
pgers Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Clifton, NJ Posts: 24	well at least it looks good either way....too bad they dont make a functional scoop....... __________________ Patrick - Northern NJ 08 Tacoma 4X4 Silver D-Cab TRD Sport TRD Cold Air Intake Kenwood DVD Unit w/ Nav Polk MOMO speakers HID headlight/fog light kit

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